If we wanted our date to display as Saturday, August 20, 2011, we would change the “Short Date:” field to: dddd, MMMM dd, yyyyīelow, we have configured it to show the date in the format described in the legend. Example: 2011Īdditionally, you can separate the parts of the date with spaces, dashes (-), commas (,), slashes (/), or periods (.). Example: 11 yyyy = Displays the year in full. Yy = Displays the last two numbers in the year. Example: Aug MMMM = Displays the month as a full word. Example: 08 MMM = Displays the month as an abbreviated word. Example: 8 MM = Displays the month as a number with a leading zero for single digit months. Example: Sat dddd = Displays the day of the week as a full word. Example: 02 ddd = Displays the day of the week as an abbreviated word. Example: 2 dd = Displays the day as a number with a leading zero for single digit days. On Windows 7, a dedicated Show desktop button was placed to the right of the notification area and could not be removed. You can configure your options using a combination of any of the letters below.ĭ = Displays the day as a number. See the legend below the screenshot for some examples. You can make it display in any format that you would like. The field you want to customize is called “Short date:”. Here is where we will customize the way Windows displays the date. Click the Customize button in the Notification area section of the Taskbar and Start Menu. At last, after all that clicking, you will arrive at the “Customize Format” dialog box. Right-click an empty space on the taskbar and then click Properties.

Windows 7 show date in taskbar